The Ultimate Prodigal Son - Chapter 250

[Chapter 250: One Hundred Thousand Taels of Silver]

Lin Tian said mysteriously, without further explanation, and kicked the small door open.

The decoration inside is very different from the outside of the house.

The moment he pushed open the door, Lin Kang was almost blinded by the splendour inside. It looked completely different from the outside!

“Master, this…”

He had been to the governor’s house with Lin Tian before, and thought the magnificent scene there was exaggerated enough, but he didn’t expect it to be even more so here.

It seemed that all the treasures in the entire Ningjiang City were collected here!

“I’m afraid this is the governor’s lair!”

Lin Tian sneered and silently glanced at the traces of being turned over next to it.

There was a stack of banknotes placed randomly there, and the larger denominations had long been taken away. I’m afraid that the governor had hurriedly packed them up when he wanted to escape just now.

“How could he have so much money?!”

Lin Kang couldn’t help stuttering when he said this. The total value here should be roughly equivalent to half of Lin Tian’s property.

What does this mean?

Even if this amount of property is put into the treasury of the Great Chu, it is still very considerable!

So what kind of relationship does this governor have behind him that allows him to collect so many treasures? !

“What are you doing? Hurry up and pick the valuable ones and move them away!”

Seeing that Lin Kang had been standing there stupidly, Lin Tian kicked him on the butt with some regret.

This guy has been with him for so long, how come he hasn’t learned any smartness, and he just looks stupid!

“Ah? Oh! Good!”

Lin Kang came back to his senses after being kicked by Lin Tian, and scratched his head a little embarrassedly.

Then he quickly began to pick those small items that looked very valuable, and those that were exquisite and didn’t take up space.

“Master, where should we put these?”

Lin Kang picked and picked and packed a large box. It must be said that there are really many treasures here.

It didn’t take long for him to fill the entire box, and he couldn’t even hold it.

“Naturally, the most dangerous place is the safest place!”

Lin Tian smiled meaningfully and asked him to hold the box well.

Then the two of them took many detours, bypassed the Dali Temple team that was searching, and came to the tunnel behind the rockery again.

The governor should have searched this place long ago, otherwise he would not have discovered that his secret had disappeared so quickly, and would not have fled in such a panic.

So the most dangerous place is the safest place!

These things are very useful to him!

After Lin Tian and his team moved some treasures that they were satisfied with to the tunnel, they clapped their hands and came out, and happened to meet the Dali Temple who had finished the search.

“Where did Minister Lin go? I have been looking for him for a long time and there is no trace of him!”

The Dali Temple said to Lin Tian with a fake smile.

According to his official position, he actually did not need to be so respectful to Lin Tian, but Lin Tian’s relationship with the emperor seemed to be unusual!

Even Shun Gong, who was beside the emperor, favored him, which made the Dali Temple think twice.

If Lin Tian was just an ordinary Minister of Works, he would not have to do so.

“Of course I’ll walk around. The decoration of the Governor’s Mansion is really gorgeous. I haven’t seen such a scene in the capital!”

Lin Tian also smiled and made up a reason.

This was just a reason, and few people present believed it.

“Now that the search is over, the Governor’s Mansion will be sealed. Please move to another place to walk around?”

In theory, they are not allowed to enter when they are performing their duties, but Lin Tian doesn’t seem to care about this.

The Dali Temple Minister didn’t dare to stop him rashly, so he could only let him go.

“I’m just a little interested. Since the Dali Temple Minister’s work is over, I won’t bother him any more. Lin Kang, go back!”

Seeing that the Dali Temple Minister seemed to have doubts about him, Lin Tian couldn’t help but be more cautious and pretended to be indifferent.

Lin Kang didn’t understand why, and was about to walk forward again when he was suddenly stopped by Lin Tian.

He waved to the Dali Temple Minister and started to walk out without looking back.

Lin Kang had no choice but to follow him.

As for where Lin Kang and the others went, the Dali Temple Minister didn’t care much. He was regarded as the Minister of Works and personally supervised the reconstruction of the dam. It was reasonable for him to stay in Ningjiang City. What

he cared more about now was the huge amount of treasures that were confiscated. Even if this amount of money was placed in the national treasury, it would be very considerable!

A rough estimate is that there should be 100,000 taels of silver!

“I didn’t expect that a mere governor of Ningjiang City could make so much money!”

The Dali Temple Minister muttered to himself.

His mission was to do this. Now the governor had been detained and his mansion had been completely searched.

It was time to go back to Beijing.

It took them another two days and two nights to get back to the capital.

If they hadn’t carried so much gold and silver, and the Dali Temple Minister had been worried about something going wrong on the road and had been paying extra attention, they would have arrived long ago.

After all, it was a fast horse sent by the court, and it was always faster than other horses.

“My dear minister, you are very efficient.”

Emperor Zhengde sat on the high hall, looking at the Dali Temple Minister kneeling below, and the guards behind him who lowered their heads and dared not look at him.

“The emperor has personally ordered, and I will serve you like a dog and a horse!”

The Dali Temple Minister couldn’t figure out the emperor’s current mood, but he knew that after presenting the confiscated treasures, the emperor would be furious.

When the emperor is angry, corpses will be scattered all over the place!

So he could only act cautiously now, and he didn’t even dare to breathe too loudly.

“Okay, what did you gain from this trip?”

The emperor waved his hand, not wanting to talk nonsense with him.

Sitting on the high hall, the people below didn’t dare to face the emperor directly, so no one could guess his thoughts for a while.

“The governor of Ningjiang City deceived his superiors and subordinates, oppressed the people, and bribed the public. His bad deeds are notorious! This time he was arrested and a lot of money was confiscated. It is roughly estimated that there are about 100,000 taels of silver!”

The Dali Temple wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said word by word with gritted teeth.

He was secretly beating his drum in his heart when he said these words. In fact, 100,000 taels of silver was just a murmur.

Sure enough, when this number was said, everyone in the hall couldn’t help but take a breath of cold air, and Shun Gonggong’s face became extremely ugly.

Now the national treasury is slightly in deficit, and there are wars in Lingnan area. Taxes are often not collected, which makes the national treasury income decrease again.

And at such a critical period, this governor of Ningjiang City actually pocketed so much money!

Isn’t this obviously slapping the emperor in the face! ?